Another Northampton County top 10 fugitive arrested

Another of Northampton County's top 10 fugitives has been taken into custody, the county sheriff's department reports.

The United State Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force -- made up of marshals, county deputy sheriffs and Pennsylvania State Parole agents -- conducted a warrant-service operation on Friday in the Allentown, Easton and Bethlehem Township areas, the news release said.

He was wanted on a parole violation from a possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance charge, the sheriff's department said. Shepperson sold eight packets of heroin on July 21, 2015, to a police informant and eventually pleading guilty Dec. 4 of that year, records say.

He was sentenced to nine to 23 months in prison and was paroled on April 21, 2016, records show. His parole was reviewed Dec. 1 and a bench warrant was issued, records show.